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Rosh Hashanah Customs

How to celebrate the Jewish New Year at home.

How to Prepare Spiritually for the Jewish New Year

Five ways to focus your spiritual preparations for the High Holidays.

Unetanah Tokef

A religious poem recited on the High Holidays that is meant to strike fear in us.

The 10 Days of Repentance

The days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are an important component in the process of repentance.

Selichot: Prayers of Repentance

These special prayers are recited during the month preceding Rosh Hashanah.

The High Holidays

A guide to Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and the days in between.

On Rosh Hashanah It Is Inscribed

Rosh Hashanah is called Yom Ha-Din, the day we stand in judgment before God.

Book of Life

The life and death imagery of Rosh Hashanah is meant to spur people to improve their behavior.

Preparing for Yom Kippur

What to do in the days and hours before the Day of Atonement.

The Yom Kippur Confession (Viddui)

A first step toward repairing a wrong.